Smith, Delazon

LC control no.	n 90619772
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Smith, Delazon *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	1816-10-05
Death date	1860-11-19
Place of birth	New Berlin (N.Y.)
Place of death	Portland (Or.)
Affiliation	Oberlin College Oregon Territory. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupation	Lawyers Newspaper editors Legislators
Found in	nuc89-32298: His A history of Oberlin ... 1837 (hdg. on LCP rept.: Smith, Delazon, 1816-1860; usage: Delazon Smith) LC data base, 3-13-90 (hdg.: Smith, Delazon) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed June 19, 2018 Smith, Delazon, a Senator from Oregon; born in New Berlin, Chenango County, N.Y., October 5, 1816; graduated from Oberlin College, Ohio, in 1837; studied law and was admitted to the bar; in 1838 established the New York Watchman in Rochester, N.Y., of which he was editor for two years; published and edited the True Jeffersonian and the Western Herald in Rochester in 1840, and in 1841 founded the Western Empire in Dayton, Ohio; special United States commissioner to Quito, Ecuador, 1842-1845; moved to the Territory of Iowa in 1846 and entered the ministry; moved to the Territory of Oregon in 1852; edited the Oregon Democrat; member, Territorial house of representatives 1854-1856; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1857; upon the admission of Oregon as a State into the Union was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from February 14 to March 3, 1859; unsuccessful candidate for reelection; died in Portland, Oreg., on November 19, 1860; interment in the City Cemetery, Albany, Linn County, Oreg.)
Associated language	eng